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Glengarry Renaissance Festival
The Glengarry Renaissance Festival is an annual two-day immersive festival transporting attendees to a medieval Scottish village of the 1500s, held in Maxville approximately one hour from Ottawa. The festival features live jousting with knights on horseback, falconry demonstrations, sword demonstrations, bardic entertainment, stage shows, interactive Renaissance characters, and vendors selling period-appropriate goods and food […]
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Le R Premier – Concert TROY
Le R Premier, a Canada-Benin artist, launches his EP TROY at Club SAW Ottawa in a concert blending poetic rap and afro-futurism, with limited tickets available for this intimate venue. […]
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Te Tangi a Te Tūī | Maori cirque theatre work
A stunning Maori cirque theatre work performed in Te Reo Maori, telling the allegorical story of Aotahi and her son Piri as they navigate powerful supernatural beings representing the colonial […]
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Macbeth (Robert Lepage)
Robert Lepage reimagines Shakespeare's Macbeth by transplanting the medieval Scottish tragedy into the world of 1990s Quebec biker gangs, with Cawdor Castle becoming a rural motel and Birnam Wood a […]
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Nature Nocturne: Wild Colour
Nature Nocturne returns to the Canadian Museum of Nature for its first event of the 2026-27 season, themed around Wild Colour in partnership with the museum's new special exhibition of […]
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Oniro – Magical Forrest Walk (Night)
Experience a magical forest walk at Parc Oméga as the story of wolf cub Oniro unfolds through light, sound, and immersive storytelling. Created by artist Michel Lemieux, ONIRO features 17 […]
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Doors Open: University of Ottawa Heart Institute
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute opens its doors to the public as part of Doors Open Ottawa 2026, celebrating the institution's 50th anniversary. Visitors can learn about heart health, […]
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Diefenbunker Doors Open Ottawa Tour
As part of Doors Open Ottawa, the Diefenbunker Cold War Museum offers free 30-minute Highlights Tours of Canada's most significant surviving Cold War artifact, a four-storey underground facility built to […]
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Doors Open Ottawa 2026
Doors Open Ottawa returns for its 24th anniversary with the theme Doors to the Past: Bytown's Bicentennial Journey, giving free access to 90-plus historic and modern Ottawa buildings that are […]
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2026 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
Canada's highest distinction in the performing arts is celebrated at a gala evening at the NAC's Southam Hall, honouring the 2026 GGPAA laureates including set and costume designer Susan Benson, […]
